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10 Erastus W. Boynton
31 Sylvia M. Cookson 31 Alphonso Grande
31 (Female Chamberlain)
Sept. 1 Herbert L. Foss
65
10 20 Belfast, Me. Nova Scotia
3 Jeremiah Frazier
75
4 Catherine (Fee) Swenderman Hingham 70
5 Esther H. (Kingsley) Cram
85-
21 Holbrook Charlotte, Va.
5 Isaac L. Wright
69
5 Edmond F. Tobin
64
5 Weymouth
8 Martha A. (Barnard) Hollis
75
2 5 Pembroke Weymouth
10 (Female Ewell)
4 hrs.
Weymouth
10 Henry G. Conlan
70
5 9
Ireland
11 John J. McCarthy
66
9 3 Weymouth
16 Mary G. (Dyer) Smith
40
8 27
Somerville
17 Charles S. Hannaford
69
5 27 London, England Braintree
17 Catherine (Rooney) Gilmore
84
Ireland
17 (Female)
17 Joseph L. Silck
73
Boston
19
Harriet M. Nash
74
5 28 Weymouth
20 Edwin B. Moxon
71
2
11 Walton, N. S.
22 Mabelle E. (Holloway) Swift
60
5 28 New London, Conn.
22 Mary E. (-) Sudron
72
73
Ireland Weymouth
24 (Female)
-
25 Edwin H. Sprague
68
9
4
Weymouth, N. S.
25 Irene C. McNamara
17
5 7 Nova Scotia
26 (Male) Crouse
3 days
Weymouth
102 Joseph & (Not learned) Grande Maynard E. & Agnes M. (Flockhart) Chamberlain
John & Sarah (Jipson) Foss Jeremiah & Annie (Not learned) Frazier James & Maria (Madden) Fee Jason & Abigail (Harris) Kingsley (Cannot be learned) Wright David & Elizabeth (Moran) Tobin Thomas & Amanda (Joy) Barnard John R. & Eleanor (Anderson) Goodrow Harry L. & Ethel (Higgins) Ewell Henry & Mary (Roberson) Conlan John & Catherine (Husbands) McCarthy John A. & Gracia (Thompson) Dyer Charles & (Not learned) Hannaford Robert & Catherine (Healy) Johnson John & Johanna (Casey) Rooney
Frederick & (Not learned) Silck Stephen W. & Nancy M. (Nash) Nash Benjamin J. & Ellen (Parker) Moxon Daniel & Idella (Tenny) Holloway (Cannot be learned) Edmund & Joan (Butler) Feeney
George & Ann (Tebeau) Sprague Edward P. & Helen T. (Kelleher) McNamara Eldridge L. & Marguerite (Bonney) Crouse
John B. & Martha (Simmons) Cookson
70
30 min.
4 1 11 Rockland Italy Quincy
.
8 Earline M. Goodrow 4
17 Winifred M. (Johnson) Sprague
47
Weymouth
24
Mary A. (Feeney) Griffin
11 28 England
27 Atwood Ford
62 32
10 8 Norwell Boston Hingham 5 24 New York N. Y.
Oct. 1 Arthur J. Boudreau
56
6 13
Tracadie, N. S.
2
Mary W. (Kingsly) Zeoli
48
6
1
Quincy
2 Patrick Sheehan
72
6
Weymouth
2 Lilliam M. (Parshley) Penney
61
9 28
Bath, Me.
3 George Dunham
39
10 1 Malden
5 Mary N. (Wade) Crawford
91
Weymouth
5 Napoleon Bennett
52
4
5 Canada
6 Catherine Dixon
19
10
9
Washington, D. C. Weymouth
6
Allen V. Holbrook Sr.
71
7
6 David A. Goodwin
71
1
2 No. Reading Weymouth
7 Olive A. (Richards) Brown
47
5 18 Weymouth
7
Michael J. Kane
58
Ireland Brewster
12 Elizabeth R. (Doyle) Weekes
68
13 Annie E. (Palmer) Koopman
69
7 20
Richmond, Me.
13 Hassie C. Thalgian
27 -
15
Webster
14 (Female O'Brien)
2 hrs.
Weymouth
14 Alton Robery
31
2 20
Braintree
15 Martin F. Telvin
44
9 15
Brockton
16 Ella N. (Randlett) Morse
83
4
2
Rumford
Calvin & Sophronia (Richardson) Randlett Sten J. & Sylvia (Long) Nelson
17 George Nelson
1
1
19
Quincy
18 Emma O. (Pray) Pierce
80
5
6
Quincy
19
Robert Hyde
62
10
5 Taunton
23
Emma (McCarthy) Fitzgerald
56
Weymouth
23 Abbie L. Loud
82
7 15 Weymouth
Edmund & Martha (Lincoln) Ford Robert & Josephine (Amio) Tweed Samuel & Mary (Cushing) French Emanuel & Louisa (Tringo) Pepe
Hubert & Mary (Petipas) Boudreau Albert H. & Adelia P. (Eaton) Kingsly John & Catherine (Sullivan) Sheehan William & Rachel (-) Parshley Edwin L. & Susie (Howes) Dunham David N. & Mary (Hudson) Wade Joseph & Agnes (Refou) Bennett Clarence & Mary (Minor) Dixon George & Lois B. (Vining) Holbrook Samuel & Mary P. (Cook) Goodwin Cornelius & Johanna (Clifton) Healey William W. & Lottie L. (Morrill) Richards James & Catherine (Kearney) Kane Lawrence & Elizabeth (Dempsey) Doyle Dexter & Annie E. (Morton) Palmer Vahan & Elizabeth (Vartanian) Thalgian Edward R. & Marjorie E. (Harvey) O'Brien John P. & Matilda (Tellier) Robery John & Catherine (Lipper) Tevlin
Michael & Mary (Fogarty) McCarthy Richard E. & Margaret (Nash) Loud
103
27 Robert A. Tweed
28 Priscilla L. (French) Holbrook
97
30 Maria (Pepe) Frangione
49
George B. & Lucy M. (Picknell) Pray James & Annie (Gray) Hyde
7 Robert H. Healey
76
104
26 John B. Peterson
69
6
8
Denmark Weymouth
27 (Male)
28 Daisy L. (O'Keene) Livingstone
63
4 7
Whitman
29 Corinda H. Pratt
21
10
Newton Weymouth
29
(Male)
30 Anna (Merti) Laine
44 5 24
Finland
Nov. 1 Thomas P. Vaille
89
9
Springfield
1 Bertha L. (Barker) Marshall
72
6 13
Newport, R. I.
2 Herbert A. Thayer
67
4 13
Braintree
2
Elizabeth (Wohegemuth) Olsen
51
Brooklyn, N. Y.
3
Florence M. (Lowell) Macleod
57
3
1 Millis
5 (Male)
Weymouth
6 (Male) Paul
3 days
Bridgewater
6 Martha (Curtin) McIntosh
66
Weymouth
7 John B. Vinson
54
7 11
Weymouth
9 Dummer Sewall
75
11 17 Abington
11 Edna M. (Ross) Cain
43
8 18
So. Portland, Me.
12 Cora (Loud) Deane
67
9 7 Sumner, Me.
15 William Gerard
72
Nova Scotia
16 Alida (Mathewson) Estes
50
8
5
Weymouth
17 Peter E. Hall
94
3 23 Canaan, Conn.
18 Mary V. (Coyle) White
55
5 28 Weymouth
19 Mary F. (Begley) McCarron
44
1 11
Charlestown
20 Marshall L. Whiton
82
8 15 Quincy
20 Mary J. (Lambe) Ryan
61
9
9
Ireland
22 Mary E. (Hardy) Hosmer
97
10 22
Andover
22 Julia S. (Gero) Kimball
72
7 22
Keesville, N. Y.
23 Mary E. (Monahan) Hodgdon
53
10 6 Weymouth
24 Robert L. Phillips
6 20
Weymouth
1
Nichols & (- Jacobson) Peterson
Charles & Agnes D. (Congdon) O'Keene Daniel S. & Beatrice M. (Bird) Pratt
Pete & (Not learned) Merti
Henry R. & Ann (Pittman) Vaille George F. & Sally A. (Barker) Barker David H. & Alla A. (Huff) Thayer Gerto & Margaret (Lang) Eohegemuth Eugene & Florence P. (Denton) Lowell
Clarence C. & Marion (Macomber) Paul James & Mary (Canary) Curtin John W. & Christina W. (Tirrell) Vinson Dummer & Mary (Cook) Sewall Frank E. & Ellen (Montgomery) Ross Samuel & Adelaide (Churchill) Loud Benjamin & (Not learned) Gerard
Ellis B. & Mary F. (Studley) Mathewson John & Julia (Schultis) Hall Michael W. & Ellen (Goodman) Coyle Michael & Elizabeth (McGilvray) Begley Isaah G. & Mary W. (Lincoln) Whiton Andrew & Sarah (Green) Lambe Simeon & Elizabeth (Jefferson) Hardy Frank & Mary (Mitchell) Gero
John & Ellen (Ragan) Monahan Lawrence J. & Doris E. (Leonard) Phillips
24 Sarah S. (Goodhus) Maybury 24 Alfred J. Peterson
65
5 Dracut
33
11
29 Cohasset
25 Charles L. Townsend
54
11 27
Lynn
25 Susan D. (Whitmarsh) Tuttle 26 Louis M. Maraget
42 4 . 3
France
27 Gunaro Consalve
46
7
Chelsea
29 Henry B. Stiles
70
10
28 E. Boston
29 Charels B. Osgood
74
2
18
Boston
29 Ethel L. (Beiler) Prince
50
2
2 Boston
Dec. 3 Victor Selin
70
1
3
Greenland Abington
Maurice & Elizabeth (Bishop) O'Connor
3 Alice E. (Swan) Conrad
58
8
23
James W. & Amelia (Hartland) Swan
6 Flora E. (Cleveland) Ireland
71
11
66
Chelsea
7 Richard Halloran
60 7 29
Weymouth
Richard & Maria (Carey) Halloran.
7 (Male) Piantoni
2 minutes
Boston
8 Sarah J. (Harmon) Cushing
71
5 9 Braintree
9 Cosmo Spigness
70
Italy
13 Nellie G. (McCabe) Ford
51
11
14
Ireland
Terrance & Annie (-) McCabe
15
William H. Foulis
87
1 7 Scotland
(Cannot be learned)
15 Frederick H. Hall
78
8 17 Weymouth
17 Annie H. (Vining) Garey
84
5 28
Weymouth
20 Joseph Mckinnon
63
11 14 Canada
20 James L. Mitchell
2 Weymouth Quincy
20 Constance Ash
9
21 Margaret E. (Scanlan) Olive
55
5
Chelsea
22 William T. Wall
24 George J. LeBaron
72
25 Robert G. Boettcher
69
Germany
Louis P. & Mary J. (Jones) Goodhue Arne & Mary (Enos) Peterson Louis R. & Georgeana (Mailey) Townsend William W. & Susan (Brown) Whitmarsh Celestine & Eugenie M. (Pichoff) Maraget Emilio· & (Not learned) Consalve
Charles H. & Margaret E. (Noonan) Stiles Benjamin D. & Elizabeth F. (Wood) Osgood August & Lillian (MacAllister) Beiler
(Cannot be learned)
3 Frederick G. O'Connor
58
Nova Scotia Maine Davis & Hannah N. (Russell) Cleveland Edward & Helen (Cruikshank) Bassett
Louis & Marie (Noris) Piantoni John & Emeline (Bird) Harmon (Cannot be learned)
Albion & Ann E. (Clapp) Hall James H. & Mary A. P. (Richards) Vining Angus & Flora (Steele) McKinnin James A. & Ellen I. (Craig) Mitchell Thomas F. & Mary C. (Yaxter) Ash Bartholomew & Johanna (Daley) Scanlan William H. & Ellen M. (Tracy) Wall George & Elizabeth (Cane) LeBaron
43 10 17 Weymouth Montpelia, Vt.
Theodore & Wilhelmenia (DeLassall) Boettcher
105
7 Mary (Bassett) Holman
75 2 9
Abington
25 William F. Hathaway 25 Gustav E. Klasson
94
2 21 43 7 25 47 10 16
Northbridge Sweden Shediac, N. B.
26 Etta E. (Betts) Morse
26 Jeanette Caramanica
26 Mary E. (Thayer) Derby
74 2 10
28 John Cain
73 9 12 Warrington, Eng.
28 Karle H. Granger
69 11 22 Barnard, Vt.
30 Harry L. Acklev
61 7 20 Fitchburg
(Cannot be learned) Kans & Mary (Madison) Klasson Wellington & Susan (-) Betts Angelo & Barbara (Mein) Caramanica Joseph B. & Martha M. (Hollis) Thayer John & (Not learned) Cain Nathaniel H. & Rose (Frazier) Granger John A. & Albertine (Hemmenway) Ackley
106
2 .6 Weymouth Weymouth
-
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SUMMARY OF TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICAL REPORT
BIRTHS
The total number of birth certificates received and recorded during the year (at time of going to press) were 642; of this number 341 were males and 301 were females; of this total number 556 were born in Weymouth and 86 were born in other cities and towns in Massachusetts.
There was born in Weymouth 158 whose parents resided in other cities and towns. Either parent born in Weymouth 156; either parent born in other cities and towns in the United States 976; either parent born in foreign countries 150; either parent born in places unknown 6.
The total number of births in each quarter of the year were 148-173-153- 168.
MARRIAGES
The total number of marriage certificates received and recorded during the year (at time of this report going to press) were 266; of this number 149 marriages were performed in Weymouth; 98 were performed in other cities and towns in Massachusetts; 19 marriages were performed in other States.
Either party to the marriage born in Weymouth 105; either party born in other cities and towns in the United States 370 and 57 were born in foreign countries.
The total number of marriages performed in each quarter of the year were 33-74-89-70.
DEATHS
The total number of death certificates received and recorded (at time of this report going to press) were 405; of this number 220 were males and 185 were females; of the total number 336 died in Weymouth; 66 died in other cities and towns in Massachusetts and 3 died in other States; of the total number of deaths 91 were residents of other cities and towns in Massa- chusetts.
Of the total number of deaths 111 were born in Weymouth; 190 were born in other cities and towns in the United States and 104 were born in foreign countries. .
106 of the decedents were single; 180 were married; 116 were widowed and 3 were divorced.
The ages of the decedents were as follows: Stillborn 21; under 1 year of age 25; from 1 to 5 years of age 8; from 5 to 20 years of age 14; from 20 to 50 years of age 46; from 50 to 80 years of age 233; from 80 to 90 years of age 49; over 90 years of age 9. The number of deaths in each quarter of the year were 113-100-101-91.
NOTE: The object of printing the registration of birth, marriages and deaths is to afford an opportunity for the correction of errors and omissions. If any correction or omission is noted, notice should at once be given to the Town Clerk in writing giving the correct facts so that the record may be perfected and a correct copy prepared for the State Archives.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR OF 1937 DOG LICENSES ISSUED DURING THE YEAR OF 1937
1068 Males
@ $2.00
$2,136.00
168 Females
@ 5.00
840.00
296 Spayed Females
@ 2.00
592.00
5 Kennell
25.00
125.00
1537
$3,693.00
Less fees retained under the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 140 and amendments thereto
307.40
Paid to the Town Treasurer
$3,385.60
HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES ISSUED FOR THE YEAR OF 1937
210 Resident Citizens Fishing Licenses @ $2.00
$420.00
233 Resident Citizens Hunting Licenses
@ 2.00
466.00
122 Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses
@ 3.25
. 396.50
60 Resident Citizens Women & Minor Fishing @ 1.25
75.00
14 Resident Citizens Trapping Minor
@
2.25
31.50
9 Resident Citizens Trapping
@
5.25
47.25
27 Resident Citizens Sporting (Free)
@
1.50
1.50
3 Duplicate
@
.50
1.50
10 Resident Citizens Lobster & Crab
@
5.00
50.00
689 ·
$1,489.25
Less fees retained under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 131, Section 3
164.75
Paid to the Division of Fisheries & Game of the State
$1,324.50
TOWN LICENSES ISSUED FOR THE YEAR 1937
104 Gas Licenses
$1.00
$104.00
15 Junk Licenses
@ 25.00
375.00
10 Auctioneer Licenses
@ 2.00
20.00
6 Hawkers & Pedlars Licenses
@ 10.00
60.00
1 Hawkers & Pedlars License
@ 5.00
5.00
8 Hawkers & Pedlars Licenses (Free)
4 Pool Licenses
@ 5.00
20.00
148
$584.00
Paid to the Town Treasurer
584.00
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk.
1 Non Resident Citizens Fishing
109
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE STUDING THE PURCHASE OF LAND ABUTTING THE BRADFORD HAWES PLAYGROUND
To the Board of Selectmen :
The Committee appointed by the Moderator at the Annual Town Meeting in March of 1937 for the purpose of studying the purchase of land abutting the Bradford Hawes Playground makes the following report and recommendation, viz:
77,800 square feet owned by David A. Wescott assessed for $800.00. The owner will sell for $900.00.
We, the Committee, recommend the purchase of this land and urge the appropriation committee to recommend same.
JOHN FRENCH, RALPH COBB, JOHN W. THORP.
REPORT OF SOLDIERS' RELIEF OFFICER
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
Follows a report of the Soldiers' Relief Dept .:
Number on March 1937 62 Monthly expense $3324.00 Number on Dec. 1937 30 Monthly expense $2175.00
Very truly yours, EVERETT E. CALLAHAN, Soldiers' Relief Officer.
EEC:EC
110
REPORT OF BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen :
Follows a report of the Bureau of Old Age Assistance :
Number of cases Jan. 1937 470 average cost $26.60
Number of cases Dec. 1937 489 average cost $30.08
Number in rest homes 22 Dec. 1937.
Very truly yours, EVERETT E. CALLAHAN, Supervisor Bureau of Old Age Assistance.
EEC:EC
REPORT OF THE REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Weymouth:
We respectfully submit the total number of voters as of December 31, 1937 :
Male
Female
Total
Precinct 1
1020
918
1938
"
2
700
619
1319
3
944
923
1867
"
4
410
355
765
5
464
474
938
6
880
756
1636
">
7
421
348
769
.
8
392
374
766
"
9
575
587
1162
5806
5354
11160
EDWARD P. MURPHY, JOHN F. REARDON, LAWRENCE CORRIDAN.
Attest :
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk. .
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
With steadily increasing traffic, immediate attention must be given to many miles of rapidly deteriorating highway surfaces, caused in many in- stances by sub-grade instability.
Weymouth has a serious drainage problem. As the Town increases in population and the demand for housing facilities becomes necessary, an acute situation will confront us unless adequate provision has been made for proper and adequate drainage.
Castle Road, Wilbur Street and extensions of Lambert Avenue, Pierce Road, Roosevelt Road and Poinsettia Avenue, were constructed this year.
Permanent sidewalks were extensively repaired or rebuilt, in part at least, in the several sections of the Town. New sidewalks and curbs were constructed by W. P. A. labor.
The reconstruction of Middle Street from Central Square to Commercial Street under State supervision as a Chapter 90 job, was the outstanding ac- complishment of the Street Department. This section completes the entire length of Middle Street, and a continuation along Commercial Street and North Street toward North Weymouth seems most desirable and advisable.
Mr. Miles P. Keene and Mr. George S. Smith were retired during the year.
IN MEMORIAM
Vernon Birchmore
Died March 14, 1937
Charles J. Keegan
Died April 24, 1937
Herbert W. Curtis
Died April 30, 1937
Edmond F. Tobin Died September 5, 1937
Michael J. Kane Died October 7, 1937
The cooperation and consideration of the Board of Selectmen has been indeed appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
T. J. KELLY, Supt. of Streets.
112
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
To the Board of Selectmen:
The following is a report of the Planning Board made in pursuance of an article voted at the special Town Meeting held September 15, 1937.
"Report of Weymouth Planning Board on Re-naming of Streets"
In accordance with the vote taken at the Special Town Meeting of September 15, 1937, the Planning Board has reviewed the changes in street names which were formally approved at the March Town Meeting. On Friday, November 26, at 8 p. m., the Planning Board held an open meeting at the Town Hall at which time everybody who felt aggrieved by the change in street names was asked to be present to submit their views. At that meet- ing there appeared complainants on the change from Bayview Street to Bab- cock Avenue, on the change from Station Avenue to Somerset Street, and on the change from Hillside Court to Hawkins Street.
In preparation for this hearing, the Planning Board sent letters to the electric light ,the gas and the telephone companies, to several express agen- cies in the town, and to water, street and post office departments asking whether the change in street names, as approved of last March, was now creating any difficulty. Almost without exception, every reply that came in showed a great satisfaction on the part of those agencies most likely to be upset by such changes. The complainants on the three streets above re- ferred to, represented in all about 13 or 14 abuttors. Concisely, their ob- jections to the new names were based on (1) sentiment, (2) private interest and (3) the lack of proper indication of the new name.
The Planning Board refused to recommend any changes as approved by the last March Town Meeting for the following reasons: (1) that the agencies most interested have approved of the changes; (2) changes have been productive of removing confusion and duplication; (3) the expense in- curred by the complainants to change their stationery was not sufficiently large to warrant a change back to the old name; (4) confusion might re- sult of the old names were re-established and (5) new street signs could be placed in the proper location by either the proper town officials or the parties themselves at a very small expense.
We realize that sentiment and private interest should be carefully kept in mind in making this decision. but we feel that in the light of other cir- cumstances, these two reasons did not weigh very heavily.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES GRIFFIN, Chairman CHARLES JORDAN, Secretary RUSSELL H. WHITING DANIEL CUMMINGS THOMAS KELLY HARRY SARGENT RAYMOND HOLLIS
113
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Weymouth :
Gentlemen :
Herewith is submitted the annualreport of the Board of Health.
The Board organized on March 15 with the same personnel as last year.
Thomas MacDonald was elected chairman; F. L. Doucett, clerk; and L. W. Pease the third member.
George Marshall was appointed plumbing inspector; Henry Godin in- spector of milk and dairies; Jeremiah Donovan custodian of the public dump; Catherine Pratt public health nurse and Virginia Loring dental hygienist.
The lack of a sewerage system makes the proper control of sewerage a major problem. Complaints are constantly coming in that sewerage is over-flowing the ground or seeping into cellars and from houses filled with sewer gas.
We have been able to relieve these conditions as they arise, but no permanent relief can be offered until an adequate Sewer is built.
The campaign against communicable diseases is showing very good results. For the second year no case of diptheria has been reported and most of the other diseases show a marked decrease.
The following contagious diseases were reported to the Board during the year:
Anterior Poliomyelitis
2 Septic Sore Throat 2
Chicken Pox
4 Tuberculosis Pulmonary 30
Dog Bite
42 Scarlet Fever 24
Spinal Meningitis
1 Typhoid Fever 4
Lobar Pneumonia
8 Whooping Cough 10
Measles
4 Trichinosis 1
Mumps
1
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS MacDONALD,
LEWIS PEASE,
FREDERICK DOUCETT,
Board of Health.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
WESSA
SET 1622
LABORARE
VINCERE
MASSACHUSETTS
3.1635.
635
WEYMOUTH, MASS. 1937
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WEYMOUTH SCHOOL COMMITTEE
PRINCE H. TIRRELL, Chairman MRS. ARTHUR R. TAYLOR, Secretary
WALLACE H. DRAKE, M. D. 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth
Term expires April 1, 1938 Weymouth 0450
MRS. ARTHUR R. TAYLOR 44 Tower Avenue, South Weymouth
Term expires April 1, 1938 Weymouth 2354
CLAYTON W. NASH 19 West Street, South Weymouth
Term expires April 1, 1939 Weymouth 0740
PRINCE H. TIRRELL 167 Pleasant Street, South Weymouth
Term expires April 1, 1939 Weymouth 2175-M
J. HERBERT LIBBY, M. D. 707 Broad Street, East Weymouth
Term expires April 1, 1940, Weymouth 0216
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS 41 Glendale Street, Weymouth
Term expires April 1, 1940 Weymouth 2305-M
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
PARKER T. PEARSON
590 North Street, East Weymouth
Weymouth 0520.
OFFICE
Weymouth 1460
Weymouth High School, East Weymouth Office Hours
8:30 a. m. to 4:30 p. m ..
HELEN G. TOŃRY, Secretary 79 Chard Street, East Weymouth
Weymouth 0966.
MYRTLE L. RICE, Assistant Secretary 79 Front Street, Weymouth Weymouth 1534-M.
SCHOOL CALENDAR - 1937-38
FALL TERM: Opens September 8 - Closes December 23
WINTER TERM: Opens January 3 - Closes February 18 Opens February 28 - Closes April 14
SPRING TERM: Opens April 25 - Closes June 23 HOLIDAYS: Columbus Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving and day follow- ing, Memorial Day
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
2-2-2 2-2-2
The signal will be given at 7:30 a. m. when transportation to school by- bus is impossible.
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GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Meetings of the Committee
Regular meetings of the School Committee are held on the first Tuesday of each month at the High School Building at 8 p. m.
Entrance Age
No child shall be admitted to school in September unless he has reached the age of five years on or before the first day of April pre- ceding. Children entering for the first time will be admitted only during the first two weeks of school.
Birth Certificates
A birth certificate is required for entrance to the first grade.
Vaccination
No child shall be allowed to enter the first grade without a cer- tificate of successful vaccination.
Quotation from State Law, Chapter 76, Section 15: "An un- vaccinated child shall not be admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certificate like the physician's certificate required by Section 182 of Chapter 3."
Employment Certificates
No child between the ages of fourteen and sixteen shall be al- lowed to leave school until a signed promise of employment card has been presented to the principal of the building in which he is attending school. Employment certificates are issued at the office of the Super- intendent of Schools in the High School Building from 9 to 10 a. m. every week day except Saturday.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Weymouth :
The School Committee herewith submits its report for the year 1937, together with the report of the Superintendent of Schools, and reports of the several departments, all of which are made a part hereof.
It is with sorrow and regret that we record here the death of Frederick W. Hilton, which occurred shortly after midnight, August 12-13 last. Since September, 1911, Mr. Hilton had served as principal of the High School, for a full twenty-six years faithfully and quietly performing the duties of his office, generously advising and assisting all who came to him for counsel, aid, and instruction. His acts of kindness were innumerable, and they will be individually treasured in memory. He was a scholar, and as an administrator he kept full pace with the growth of the school.
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As was his custom, he had been devoting the greater part of the summer vacation to preparations for the new school year, when sud- denly he passed away. In filling the vacancy created by the death of Mr. Hilton, the Committee has chosen to follow the policy of promotion within the department, rather than to make chance or hasty selection from among the numerous applicants from nearly all the New Eng- land states.
The new principal, Wallace L. Whittle, has been connected with the High School since 1921, and for the last few years, as assistant principal. Although he was not a formal applicant for the vacancy, his training and experience, in the opinion of the Committee, qualified him for the position, and he was without any hesitancy selected to fill it. He is in the prime of his life, with many years to be expected ; and we believe he has shown the character and ability to lead the school in the years to come, and to see that standards are maintained, and where they may be, improved.
During the late spring, and after the regular budget requirements of the department had been adequately met by the appropriation voted at the Annual Town Meeting, it unexpectedly developed that the enrol- ment at the High School in September would be nearly one hundred more than the number estimated in the previous January, when budget figures were made up.
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